Candidate Hassig is arrested for trespassing

Donald Hassig, the, uh, colorful 21st CD Green Party congressional candidate, has been arrested for trespassing onto a Massena hospital, according to the Watertown Daily Times. Hassig apparently wanted to speak about pollution in the St. Lawrence River valley.

The paper reports that Hassig, after being asked to leave, said he didn’t want to have to go outside and breathe in automobile fumes.

He also said, “If you are standing on a street corner, they think you are some weirdo. I’m not a weirdo.”